Women with he child line up in a side of the que outside the polling booth in Lumlai assembly constituency in phase 1 of Manipur polls | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
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Imphal: Manipur is voting in the first phase of its two-phase assembly elections Monday, with 38 of the 60 constituencies going to the polls.
The candidates in the fray for this phase include Chief Minister N. Biren Singh of the BJP, Deputy Chief Minister Y. Joykumar Singh of the National People’s Party, and former CM O. Ibobi Singh of the Congress.
Men and women lined up in large numbers at polling booths in capital Imphal, with many women donning the traditional Manipuri pheis and phaneks, and some also lugging their children along.
At one polling booth ThePrint visited, Congress candidate L. Deben Singh arrived to cast his ballot flanked by commandos.
ThePrint spoke to some voters, who said the main issues in these elections have been road connectivity, education, and employment.
The other 22 constituencies in the state will go to the polls on 5 March and results will be announced on 10 March.
Here are a few glimpses of polling day in Imphal.
Voters queue up at a polling booth in Khurai Thangjam Leikai | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintVoters queue up at a polling booth in Khurai Thangjam Leikai | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintVoters sitting in a queue to cast their vote in Lamlai| Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintMore voters at Lamlai | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintFood and flowers offered to voters by BJP candidate Thangjam Mohendro in Khundrakpam constituency | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintLamlai Congress candidate Deben Singh, flanked by commandos, asks for “support and love” while heading to a polling booth in his constituency | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintA woman carries her child on her back while standing in a polling queue at Takhel primary school in Lamlai | Praveen Jain | ThePrintA person with disability being taken to vote at Takhel primary school in Lamlai | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintPeople hold up their identification documents as they wait to cast their votes in Lamlai | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintMore women voters in a queue in Lamlai | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintA woman passes a security man on her way to casting her vote | Praveen Jain | ThePrintAnother security man on duty at Takhel primary school | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintYoung women wait to cast their vote in Lamlai | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
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